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School Administrator Magazine
September 01, 2025
Ethical Educator
Scenario: About a dozen students in an after-school high school club that supports transgender rights ask all of their teachers to refer to them individually by their preferred pronoun ‘‘they’’ -- even though some do not identify as trans or nonbinary. They choose to use ‘‘they’’ in solidarity with fellow students. The school district has no policy on the matter, and several teachers object to this request and complain to their principal. How ought she respond?This Content is Exclusive to Members
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The Ethical Educator panel consists of
- Sheldon H. Berman, author of Implementing Social-Emotional Learning: Insights from School Districts’ Successes and Setbacks.
- Susan Enfield, executive director, University of Washington’s Center for Educational Leadership, Seattle, Wash.
- Arthur Schwartz, president, ; and
- Maria G. Ott, Irving R. and Virginia A. Melbo chair in education administration, University of Southern California.
Each month, School Administrator draws on actual circumstances to raise an ethical decision-making dilemma in K-12 education. Our distinguished panelists provide their own resolutions to each dilemma.
Do you have a suggestion for a dilemma to be considered?
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